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How does writing change?
May. 21st, 2015 10:15 amAs I'm slowly getting back into the writing groove, I'm finding that my writing style has changed. It's really odd though, in that it's not just my writing style but my ideas.
I look back to my older stories and wonder how much different if I change things here and there. So is it a natural evolution of my writing style, or does the way you plot out a story change as you get older? I can't quite decide.
Either way I'm enjoying the changes. I've got lots of ideas for all my stories, not just the one or two. I've been able to push past the writer's block on every story I've ever got stuck on. It's a bit overwhelming, and brings to mind something an I heard an author say once (can't for the life of me remember who): There's no such thing a writer's block, as it's just something you do every day. That's a concept I've never understood, as many of my ideas come from my dreams. I dream in bits and never really form a complete thought on what the full story was supposed to be.
It's hard to explain even to myself, but I seem to be looking from a more objective point of view. It's always been hard for me to take a step back from my stories to look at the overall picture. But these days I'm finding it far easier to see it from a reader's point of view and ask, "What am I missing here?"
Part of the problem might be that I never really had any formal training other than cursory English classes in college, and being forced to write term papers. But part of the solution for that has been reading more. I really love reading, and I find myself gravitating more towards authors whose writing style I admire. That in itself is almost enough to give my ideas for my own stories in how to approach various plots that have in the past completely stumped me.
I don't know. What are your thoughts?
I look back to my older stories and wonder how much different if I change things here and there. So is it a natural evolution of my writing style, or does the way you plot out a story change as you get older? I can't quite decide.
Either way I'm enjoying the changes. I've got lots of ideas for all my stories, not just the one or two. I've been able to push past the writer's block on every story I've ever got stuck on. It's a bit overwhelming, and brings to mind something an I heard an author say once (can't for the life of me remember who): There's no such thing a writer's block, as it's just something you do every day. That's a concept I've never understood, as many of my ideas come from my dreams. I dream in bits and never really form a complete thought on what the full story was supposed to be.
It's hard to explain even to myself, but I seem to be looking from a more objective point of view. It's always been hard for me to take a step back from my stories to look at the overall picture. But these days I'm finding it far easier to see it from a reader's point of view and ask, "What am I missing here?"
Part of the problem might be that I never really had any formal training other than cursory English classes in college, and being forced to write term papers. But part of the solution for that has been reading more. I really love reading, and I find myself gravitating more towards authors whose writing style I admire. That in itself is almost enough to give my ideas for my own stories in how to approach various plots that have in the past completely stumped me.
I don't know. What are your thoughts?
